Hobby Nest (Part 2)

[melv16]

Old thread has disappeared off notifications board.

[Tilly2]

I don't understand why we have been seeing two eggs, over the weekend, but the blog says she ate the egg on Thursday.

[ladybirder]

Nor me Tilly. It's a mystery! She was off the nest sitting on a pipe a while ago and I hoped she'd fly off and feed herself but no, she got back on the egg. I'm guessing the male's not feeding her anymore?

[Tilly2]

ummmm?

Strange, isn't it?

[melv16]

As they say in the blog, they're an inexperienced pair, so things will go wrong. I think things are getting lost in translation, or the writer is inexperienced as well.

[Tilly2]

Look now! The egg's still there.

[ladybirder]

This is getting painful:-( Poor girl.

[melv16]

Still 2 eggs.

[Tilly2]

Hiya, Melv. Been up t'allotment today?

[melv16]

Yes, Tilly. Lots of French and runner beans picked. Cucumbers and toms galore and the raspberries are just about finished.

[Tilly2]

Well done! I'm growing some tomatoes this year. How do you know when they're ripe enough to eat? I took one off yesterday, it was a lovely deep red but inside the seeds were still green.

[melv16]

Give them a squeeze, if they're solid leave them on the plant a bit longer.

[Tilly2]

Thank you.

[melv16]

Looks like we're down to 1 egg.

[melv16]

Whoops. Make that 2 eggs. It must have been lurking behind the sakers egg.

[ladybirder]

She's not there at the moment. I hope she's given up.

[ladybirder]

That hope was short-lived, she's back on it again.

[Tilly2]

Still there again today.

[ladybirder]

This chick is about two weeks overdue Tilly by my reckoning. I was going to put LOL after reckoning but it's not funny. She has to realise it's not happening at some point. She must be near taking the record.

[melv16]

As I said earlier, the Notts pergrines took 3wks to realise that the eggs were unviable.

[ladybirder]

So you did. Sorry melv.